Lagwagon

Lagwagon

Lagwagon is an American punk rock band originally based in the small town of Goleta, located just outside Santa Barbara, California. They are widely regarded within punk rock circles as one of the most underrated and hard-working bands of all time. The name "Lagwagon" is derived from an old tour van of the band's, which can been seen on the reverse of the Trashed album. The band has 10 releases through Fat Wreck Chords: seven studio albums, one EP, one live album and collection of B-sides, compilation tracks and demos (with some new songs). Lead singer Joey Cape is also in the punk rock cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, the Playing Favorites, and the now defunct Bad Astronaut.

The band went on hiatus around 2000 and reunited in 2002 with a come back album Blaze, which was released in the following year. The group insists that they never broke up, merely taking a brief hiatus with plans to record again. In 2004, Joey released a split acoustic album together with No Use for a Name vocalist Tony Sly, which features acoustic versions of songs by both bands. Their latest album, entitled Resolve, was released on the 1st of November 2005 and is a homage to the life of Derrick Plourde, original drummer for Lagwagon and Bad Astronaut.

Despite earlier reports that Lagwagon would begin work on their next studio album, the band has announced plans to tour Europe in the summer of 2008. Frontman Joey Cape has also been busy working on his first solo album. According to posts on the message board of Lagwagon's official website, it is unlikely that they will record a new album this year, partly due to Cape's solo commitments.

On June 5th, 2008, it was reported in a blog on Fat Wreck Chords' MySpace page that Lagwagon was in the studio putting the finishing touches on their new EP, I Think My Older Brother Used to Listen to Lagwagon. The record was released on August 19th, 2008.